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Walid Mattar

  • Walid Mattar
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Film director, Screenwriter, Director of photography (d.o.p.)
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

Walid Mattar, born in Hammam-Lif (Tunisia) in 1980, is doing a thesis in information management in Paris, alongside that he is studying cinema. A member of the Tunisian filmmakers foundation since the age of 13, he was director of photography on several shorts and directed Le Cuirassée Abdelkarim en 2003, 1st national prize at the amateur film festival in Kélibia, bronze medal at the international competition for non-professional films (Unica). In 2005 he also worked on the documentary Poussières d'étoiles by Hichem Ben Ammar and as winner of'autres regards 2005' (a Euromedcafé contest), he directed his first professionnal short, the documentary "Fils de Tortue". In 2006, he co-directed with Leyla Bouzid, the short Sbeh El Khir as part of the project "10 Courts, 10 regards" from young Tunisian directors. The project was presented in the cinephile village at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2010, he has written with Leyla Bouzid Condamnations short drama that he directed alone. Da Giorgio (2011, documentary) is his last short.

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Walid Mattar, è nato a Tunisi, fa una tesi sulla gestione della conoscenza e studia parallelamente cinema. Membro della federazione tunisina dei cineasti amatori dall'età di 13 anni, è stato direttore della fotografia su divuersi cortometraggi. Realizza nel 2003 il corto "Le Cuirassée Abdelkarim", che riceve il premio nazionale del film amatoriale di Kélibia e la medagli adi bronzo al concorso mondiale del film non professionale (Unica). Lavora sul film documentario "Polvere si Stelle" di Hichem Ben Ammar. Nel 2006, realizza in partenariato con Leyla Bouzid, il corto Sbeh El Khir (Buongiorno) nell'ambito del progetto "10 Courts, 10 regards", presentato nel villagio cinefilo del Festival di Cannes.

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